Yitzie Pretter’s personal mantra is, “We’ll have plenty of time to rest after 120.” In the interim, he intends to live life to the fullest and do as much chesed and klal work as possible.

As the community grasps the new budget’s significance, community and lay leaders alike are applauding the effort. Josh Trump, past president of Westchester Day School (WDS) and Teach NYS Executive Committee member, said, “As a former president of WDS with experience in navigating annual budgets, I am certain that the funding Teach NYS helped secure will drastically enhance the quality of the school’s programs without burdening our families.”

Eli Tsives’ story, eerily similar to many around the country, is one of Jewish pride in the face of hatred, misinformation and civil rights abuses. Eli had the courage to stand up to his bullies and expose them for who they are.

OU Israel Executive Director Rabbi Avi Berman joined the Meaningful People podcast along with Israeli educator and public speaker Miriam Peretz to share sentiments and thoughts relating to Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.

Arutz Sheva is hosting a conference after the Israel Day Parade on June 2 with guest speakers from both Israel and the US; our EVP Rabbi Moshe Hauer will be one of the speakers. Register with the promotion code “OU24” to receive 65% off the cost of the event tickets – $35 per person instead of $100.

The OU community and its generous donors rallied to extend a warm embrace to more than 500 Ukrainian olim across four community Seders in Israel.

Keep track of all seven weeks of Sefirat Ha’Omer without missing a night!

Watch the Torat Imecha Nach Yomi Sefer Shmuel II Siyum with Mrs. Chana Leah Rapoport.

Amidst campus tensions, West Coast Jewish students unite for a Shabbat of Unity. Join 120+ students celebrating heritage amidst adversity.

Historically, the phrase “you people…” has been a cringeworthy preface to some insult. “You people think you’re chosen.” “You people are taking over the neighborhood.” But during the many months of my father’s illness, “you people” acquired positive connotations for us.

In this episode of the 18Forty podcast, Zev Eleff talks about the development of the denominations of Judaism we have in America today.

If your business has a website, do you have to take it down each week for Shabbos? Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz investigates! Plus, The Concise Code on carrying, Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon answers borer questions and more!

Trust is critical to all relationships. Trust in G-d is a key prerequisite to our engagement with Torah learning and observance.

Why don’t we recite Shehechiyanu on the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer? And why don’t we recite it upon getting married?

We read in this week’s Haftorah of the prophet Yechezkel’s instructions to the Kohanim in anticipation of their service in the third Beit HaMikdash.

In the same way we are meant to greet Shabbat with yearning and joy, so should we prolong our visit with the Shabbat queen.

The Navi describes David as being “advanced in years,” but is 70 really all that old? Plus, Why did Moshe and Aaron merit a “Divine kiss,” but David didn’t? Real-life reader questions!

Can you call your in-laws by their first names? Must one address their rebbe in the third person? These and other questions about addressing others are answered in this installment of Dalet Amot of Halacha!

Time plays an enormous part in Judaism. The first thing God declared holy was a day: Shabbat, at the conclusion of Creation. The first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a whole was the command to sanctify time, by determining and applying the Jewish calendar.

Dead. Unburied. Abandoned. Forgotten. What could be a worse fate?